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Exploring New York City with a Game Boy Camera

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Before digital cameras were common place, the only way you could take digital photos at an affordable price was via cheap and nasty cameras or add-on contraptions for the Game Boy.

Speaking of Nintendo’s little pocket rocket, the below photos of New York City landmarks and people were taken with a Game Boy camera back in 2000. There is a certain charm in grainy low-resolution black and white photos – heck, there are camera apps nowadays emulating this on your smartphone! We may have come a long way with camera resolution being measured in the tens of megapixels, but we still love the fuzzy feeling we get when seeing these heavily pixelated photos.

Rockefeller Plaza
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The New York Public Library
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A Giacometti statue at MOMA
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A slice of pizza
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A park bench
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Toy taxis
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A subway carriage
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A subway passenger
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A snoozing subway passenger
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A selfie, 2000 style
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Retro Gaming: Home Redecorating

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Do you think your hobby can be all consuming? Take retro gaming for instance – if you deck out your home furnishings with your favourite video game, is that going too far or not far enough?

Looking at some of the below items, I reckon I could go crazy redecorating our house. Perhaps I draw the line at putting Super Mario on the toilet seat. How far would you go?

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images source: Dude I Want That

Top 5 Games Charts: November 1990

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There is no denying that there were some awesome games released towards the end of 1990. The below charts are testament to these great games that still endure till this day (Ed: well, some of them anyway).

So, take out those Amiga Operation Stealth diskettes and blow into that dusty Super Mario Bros. cartridge for some unabashed retro gaming experience. Nostalgia rules y’all!

  1) Golden Axe (Sega)
2) Chase HQ (Sega / Taito)
3) Operation Wolf (Sega / Taito)
4) Battle Out Run (Sega)
5) Double Dragon (Sega / Technos)

 

  1) Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo)
2) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Nintendo)
3) The Legend Of Zelda (Nintendo)
4) Super Mario Bros (Nintendo)
5) Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (Konami)

 

Amiga_108 1) Corporation (Core Design)
2) Shadow Of The Beast 2 (Psygnosis)
3) Operation Stealth (US Gold / Delphine)
4) Shadow Warriors (Ocean)
5) Wings (Mirrorsoft / Cinemaware)

 

atari_st 1) F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose)
2) Their Finest Hours (US Gold / Lucasfilm)
3) Shadow Warriors (Ocean)
4) Operation Stealth (US Gold / Delphine)
5) Midnight Resistance (Ocean)

 

For Sale: House Of Dreams

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If you had all the money in the world and were after a property to suit your (inner geek) needs, perhaps this house in South Florida would be ideal. Marc Bell, a successful financier, producer and former head of FriendFinder Networks is selling his palatial home for a cool $USD35 million. You better befriend your bank manager!

Instead of focusing on the normal things people look for in a home, you know, like how many bedrooms, the façade, the number of bathrooms and is the kitchen bench-top made from granite, let’s cut to the chase and head straight to the recreational areas that will get your heart racing. If you are like me, you better get some napkins to wipe away the drool.

The 2000-square-foot ballroom converted into an arcade paradise. Oh yeah baby!
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Care for a game of Foosball? If not, then pick from any of the other 60 games
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Great taste in pinball and arcade machines!
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If Call Of Duty is your thing, then head into the bunker!
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My kind of movie room
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Captain’s Log: “I love this Enterprise-feel bridge”
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Make it so Number 1!
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If you are an outdoors person, then perhaps the backyard will appeal
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source: Business Insider

This house is the stuff of dreams, and unfortunately that is where it will remain for a lot of us. But, it never hurts to dream big!

 

Minotaur: The Pop Culture Specialists

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Have you ever struggled to buy a gift for a friend or family member? Do you need ideas? Well, this is your lucky day – we reckon you can never go wrong with getting a pop culture gift for that special someone.

Minotaur, the pop culture specialists store in central Melbourne caters for all pop culture tastes and needs; from cult TV shows, movies, music, comics, video games paraphernalia, books, toys to clothing, you name it, they sure as hell have it. If you don’t believe us, just take a look at some of the photos we took on our last visit.

When visiting Minotaur, prepare to spend a fair chunk of the day browsing the drool-worthy items. The hardest part will be carrying the heavy bag of goodies you are sure to walk out with from the store.

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Minotaur Entertainment
Address: 121 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Store Hours: 
Monday to Thursday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Friday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am – 5:00pm

 

 

Jupiter ACE: You Could Own The Brand

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Got a cool £10,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Do you want to own a piece of computing history? If you answered yes to both questions, then you could be the proud owner of the iconic Jupiter ACE brand.

Take a look at the ebay auction to find out what you get for 10K (it may end up going for more!). You better hurry, the auction ends on May 18. Good luck!

 

Trapped: Andy Warhol’s Amiga Experiments

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Back on April 25, we reported on the discovery and recovery of Andy Warhol’s digital artistic works from 30 year old Amiga diskettes. The Trapped: Andy Warhol’s Amiga Experiments documentary was shown this past weekend (May 10) at the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh. If you happen to have missed the première, don’t worry, we have it right here for you. Press play and enjoy.


source: nowseethis